RCMP say a 24-year-old West Bay man is dead after a head on collision on the Trans Canada in East Havre Boucher on Tuesday night.
The Mounties say a car travelling east toward Cape Breton and a transport truck travelling in the opposite direction collided.
The say the driver and only person in the car was pronounced dead at the scene.
They say the 30 year-old Ontario man who was driving the truck suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
Police say the investigation into the crash is ongoing.